The Packers lack of pass-rushing depth was exposed last season after Gary tore the ACL in his right knee. When Rodgers used the hashtag boycottLafleursBrows on Twitter, LaFleur responded with a text: Boycott COVID toe.. "I don't think there's many things we're leaning on very well right now," LaFleur said after the loss to the Jets. In. But the Packers never got the ball back. LaFleur was intrigued by him because of Rodgers praise. They are squared on the edges, like elongated rectangles. Theres also one more evolution thats taken place. I think you guys probably notice it even when you're in the locker room," LaFleur said in a press conference this past Saturday, April 29. This part was all LaFleur, his personality, his upbringing and perspective. The Rams won that game 35-30. John Madden had them. He explained that he should not have expected Love to use the same tools to deal with blitzes that Rodgers could, given the difference in their experience levels. Copyright 2023 IBTimes LLC. Green Bay needed someone to add depth to the quarterback spot behind Love and while Clifford may not have been the ideal selection then, the Packers see something in him that might serve him well as a backup. (Todd Rosenberg / Associated Press), Matt LaFleur willingly shields his players and assistant coaches from blame: As a leader, you have to own everything. (Jeffrey Phelps / Associated Press), Matt LaFleur and Aaron Rodgers chat at the NFL Honors show on Feb. 10. For some coaches, failures beget more failures. LaFleurs approach was to lock arms with Rodgers, as much as Rodgers was willing, and he set out to blend the Shanahan system he had been a part of for eight of the previous nine years with the plays and concepts Rodgers favored. Whatever is going to help them be their best, thats what we want. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. Be it right, wrong or indifferent, I look at it a little different from some people regarding the whole situation. Ultimately, it was his decision.. He has been the force that keeps the team a team. Playbook alterations were coming anyway. But they face two major questions: How can they account for their lack of playoff success over the past three years, and how will they attempt to replace a superstar wideout? ), I still feel like theres still the opportunity for the same amount of yards and touchdowns. Dillon give the Packers one of the NFLs top running back tandems. He really didnt like the feeling of not knowing everything, so he made it his job to know everything., McDaniel immediately noticed that LaFleur was a quarterback specialist who was obsessed with learning run blocking and line play. And then LaFleur backed off. LaFleur called off the practice. When asked about defensive coordinator Joe Barry, LaFleur revealed that he didn't anticipate making any changes to the coaching staff for the 2023 season. As part of his opening statement, LaFleur said, Obviously, I didnt do enough to get our team prepared to win a football game. When LaFleur was in Los Angeles for the NFL Honors, he met Clements, who lives in the area. There is something to accepting responsibility, and I think there is a trickle-down effect. Despite some good speeches and agreeable philosophies, Drayton wasn't the answer. The reporter did not check to see whether the drug was banned by the NFL. I thought my dad had the coolest job in the world when he was DBs coach at Central Michigan.. That can create conflict in a lot of situations, but not for them. He found a way to relate to godlike Aaron Rodgers.. Despite all that was lost that day, more trust was won. Theres a lot of trust built up at this point between Matt and our players to protect them and put their best interest at heart and ultimately get the team thats going to be fresher whenever we play, says Darryl Franklin, LaFleurs chief of staff. LaFleur showed up with a bottle of scotch, the kind stores keep in a case behind the counter. Its a mindset. If I see any other quarterback do something, I say, We can do that. I just tell our staff, the only thing that limits us is our own imagination.. Different late-season rest regiment, play-calling, practice tweaks, anything? That shit doesnt bother me, LaFleur said. He wasnt grilling T-bones. They are very simplistic rules, LaFleur says. This is their job and I expect them to come to work ready to play. Matt LaFleur was in his debut season as Green Bay's coach when the Packers lost the NFC championship game to the San Francisco 49ers, whose staff featured Saleh as defensive coordinator and. Try a week on us. Something went wrong. He was cooking dal and kitchari. As a leader, you have to own everything, he explains. Citing the Packers traditional reluctance to take a pass catcher in the first round and the lack of safety prospects worth selecting that early, McShay suggested Green Bay might take a pass rusher at No. The Packers played in Green Bay last Christmas Day. Mike Shanahan told me what was unusual about the group was not just how late they stayed, after arriving before 6 a.m. to work out, but also that they wanted to understand every single position. They give credit to worse-looking guys, guys with terrible eyebrows and terrible hairlines, and hes blessed. #10 Jordan Love of the Green Bay Packers. When LaFleur was a kid, family members called him Matty. Three of his childhood friends still call him that. He has some really finely kept eyebrows.. He guesses that if he called him 20 minutes before a Packers game and hes got a problem, LaFleur might skip the pregame speech. Im in Green Bay to find out why more people dont say that. LaFleur began considering one of his new assistants more than a year ago when he asked Rodgers about Tom Clements, who had been an assistant with the Packers for 11 years of Rodgers career before LaFleurs arrival. The Shanahan-McVay origins are what drew the Packers interest in LaFleur after firing McCarthy, knowing that maximizing the quarterback was going to be the most important piece of the puzzle. Rodgers' move to the New York Jets had finally come through after weeks of negotiations with both franchises dealing away a significant amount of picks moving around and it only further solidified how much trust the organization has in him. Aaron Rodgers was a couple of thousand miles from Green Bay, and as far as the Packers knew, his mind might have been further. video Total Packers with Matt. Players feed off their coaches. I have 100 percent trust with him. I liked to be coached. And he was still so spooked when he returned to Green Bay that he talked to offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich about it. In three seasons together, LaFleur and Rodgers have won 13 games three times and reached the NFC championship game twice. And the return of Rodgers whose history suggests he will bring out the best in other receivers looks even more significant now than Adams is a Raider. History suggests they wont add any in the first round of next weeks NFL draft. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. LaFleur remembers sitting in Washington and seeing the natural throwing motion and athleticism of Rodgers and realizing that theres nothing he cant do. Green Bay hasnt selected a wide receiver in the first round since taking Javon Walker from Florida State with the 20th overall pick in 2002. He has not won or made a Super Bowlsomething we talk about at lengthbut he is without a doubt one of the top coaches in the sport. ESPN NFL draft analyst Todd McShay said this is the strongest tight end class in the past decade or so. The spring transfer period in college football closed Sunday night with 43 scholarship players -- the equivalent of half a roster -- from Sanders' program having entered the portal since more than 40,000 fans showed up at Folsom Field in Boulder for Colorado's spring game on April 15. Its not easy. With all eyes on Jordan Love leading the franchise, head coach Matt LaFleur is backing his new QB1. This, I assure you, is part of the story. Matt LaFleur said he has entertained the idea of Nathaniel Hackett returning to the Packers' staff. It goes back to his communication and the relationships he built., After playing at Saginaw Valley State in University Center, Michigan, where he rewrote SVSU record books and led them to the Division II playoffs, LaFleur went to the Indoor Football Leaguea league for people who say, You keep playing until you cant, said Dan Ragsdale, who was both a quarterback and offensive coordinator for the IFLs Billings Outlaws in 2004. I get hired by the Texans, Im 28 years old, our offensive coordinator was my age and I was thinking, This kid cant know that much more than me. And I was blown away. With more help at the tight end spot coming in the form of Tucker Kraft, an extra edge rusher in Colby Wooden and Virginia's Dontayvion Wicks for receiver depth, the Packers pretty much hit on all of their picksoutside of the Sean Clifford pick. That now-famous Washington staff included both Shanahans (Kyle as offensive coordinator), LaFleur (quarterbacks coach), McVay (tight ends coach) and McDaniel (offensive assistant turned wide receivers coach). A lot of people would be like yes, sirand he was very very respectful, but he would ask why, McDaniel said. (AP Photo/Matt York), Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. Green Bay Packers Head Coach Matt LaFleur spoke to the media on Sunday about the mindset of the team after the 15-9 road loss to the Detroit Lions. But he also took the blame for the loss, saying he failed to tell Rodgers he wouldnt have a fourth down to try to convert. I just have so much trust in these guys that they are doing the right thing, LaFleur says. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL, Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur speaks during the NFC head coaches availability at the NFL football meetings, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Phoenix. The Packers used their 13th overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft to improve their defense with defensive end Lukas Van Ness, retooled at the tight end position with Luke Musgrave and gave Love some much-needed help in the wideout group by selecting Jayden Reed out of Michigan State. LaFleurs commitment to the Packers and Rodgers led to a spirit of cooperation from the quarterback. LaFleur has one year remaining on his initial Packers contract, and the team holds another option year. I hadnt really ever hit it, so I had no reference point to be able to throw that with confidence, Rodgers said. He had no problem running on two hours of sleep. He has a calmness to him, Murphy said. LaFleur has not indicated, at any point, that he wants acknowledgment for what the Packers have achieved with him at the helm. Whether its real or not doesnt matter. LaFleur and Rodgers operate as part millennial Vince LombardiBart Starr and part bickering old married coupleif the old married couple won 80 percent of their football games and designed an offense that combined classic Shanahan-McVay principles with Rodgerss ability to lay waste to entire Midwestern cities. He's going to be the guy in the huddle and he's got to be an extension of us. But the team that plays the best in that three-hour window wins, he told me. Stenavich, the Packers offensive coordinator, said, I think a lot of people kind of get thrown off, because hes very direct. The Packers took Christian Watson in the second round and Romeo Doubs in the fourth last year, who is expected to get traded to the New York Jets. Weve seen that throughout society, throughout this locker room. That is special, really special.. Hes ready. authenticate users, apply security measures, and prevent spam and abuse, and, display personalised ads and content based on interest profiles, measure the effectiveness of personalised ads and content, and, develop and improve our products and services. Were still trying to figure everything out. Were talking in the middle of training camp, after all. I know a lots been speculated, Oh, theyre gonna lean more on the run game. Well, maybe. LaFleur visited Rodgers in California a second time in 2021 before Rodgers acquiesced to playing for the Packers last season. People have to make the best decision for themselves. You dont always see the superstars do that, LaFleur says. They ask you to do a lot of things with your back to the defense. Ty, five at the time, had a loose tooth. Matthew Patrick LaFleur ( / lflur / l-FLOO-r; [2] born November 3, 1979 [1]) is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). And the onus will be on coaches to figure out how to help these players find success. At the time, he had been in a firestorm because he was unvaccinated but previously told the media he was immunized after undergoing a treatment to heighten his immunity. That was the backdrop to the March wedding. LaFleur has the same job: Make Rodgerss tape look better than it used to be, an increasingly high bar. He is one of 49 members on the Pro Football Hall of Fame selectors board and one of nine members on the Seniors Committee. He will choose integrity over outcome or a game. Green Bay Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy spoke with Larry McCarren at the NFL Annual Meetings in Phoenix. They selected Michigan outside linebacker Rashan Gary with the No. I told him Im here for him and I support him, LaFleur says. Its going to be different guys at different times. We always thought hed be a perfect fit for the scheme. If that means staying in their own home, in their own bed, do that.. It all starts with Kyle, Mike LaFleur said. A new seasonand the Wisconsin coldis coming. His ability to throw on the move. Its important to really think about how we talk because our words are spells. The depth of this draft class at receiver and particularly at tight end could push the Packers toward using the 15th overall pick to address other needs, such as adding a safety or a pass rusher. The West Coast offense, what he was used to, is very guy for a guy when it comes to protection. Dan Pompei is a senior writer for The Athletic who has been telling NFL stories for close to four decades. Tight end is an even greater need. But right now, Aaron Rodgers needs me to understand something: that he trolls LaFleur constantly. 12 pick in 2019. who played one special teams snap and no offensive snaps as a rookie, was suspended the last six games of the season. The week after the Saturday Christmas Day game, the Packers had an extra practice scheduled. video. McVay, LaFleurs former boss in Los Angeles, uses it too. That exchange of ideas, LaFleur said, is what hes after. I like practical coaching that makes sense and honest, direct conversation. You want to earn that trust, and then you want to keep it, Campbell said. If you would like to customise your choices, click 'Manage privacy settings'. This was in the wake of Rodgers positive test for COVID-19. But we were getting a lot of positive cases. The third round has been disastrous for the Packers recently. Hes got great eyebrows, he dresses nice, and they just get distracted by all the things he brings to the table and they dont give him credit. video. Aaron is a great player, said Mark Murphy, the teams president and CEO. LaFleur starts an impression of a midwestern grandma: Why yes it is, and of course, the caller was disarmed. The NFL announced Friday that LaFleur will be the NFC coach for the 2022 Pro Bowl, while Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel will coach the AFC.. LaFleur's Packers and Vrabel's Titans were both the No. Holmgren is in the Packers Hall of Fame and soon could be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A year later, after a play-calling stint with the Titans, LaFleur popped up on the Packers radar. Is this where that bald-headed son of a bitch Bob Barringer lives? the caller demanded to know. He ran a basic pro-style offense there that was successful, if not wildly creative. Under Shanahan, Matt LaFleur learned about the illusion of complexity. This was drilled into him further by McVay, who taught him the nuances of knowing how teams study tape and using it against them: Plays that start out looking the same that arent. I think the ball can bounce either wayI dont want this to come off sounding like an excuse, because it is what it is. This is not just a fun anecdote, though: This is where Matt LaFleur first learned football. Tight end Jace Sternberger (2019 third-round pick) and wide receiver Amari Rodgers (2021) left the organization within two years. Arthur Smith said he sees it took Matt LaFleur all day to come up with a response to his joking barb Tuesday. Despite social, political, and existential crises, the foundation of my Catholic identity held firm. G reen Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur may have just asked for a migraine when Green Bay visits the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium. And you have let the ball rip as soon as you plant your back foot, giving the quarterback just a split second to read the defense. Rodgers appreciated his coachs stance, even if it wasnt verbalized at a podium. Said they are good friends and spoke Wednesday morning on the way into the office. This only grew with time: LaFleur wanted to have direct conversations because he felt it was the only way to get the answers to his endless football curiosity. A Rodgers trade could bring them more picks. Where LaFleur calls home, there are championships and there are failures and not much between. LaFleur starts here: When you get to that point [the bye], theres very few teams left and its gonna be difficult. For others, they are growth experiences. In fact, its the best in NFL history. Whats so exciting about this league is when there is a situation like this, it seems to me guys will always step up and assume the role. Well, I dont know how productive it really is. No, youre gonna find a way to solve the problem., No one really knows how Adams will be replaced, and thats not necessarily a bad thing. The majority of us are vaxed, coaches, players. As LaFleur transitions from the 2021 season to the beyond, there are wounds to heal, transitions to navigate and redemption to be won. On the day I was at practice, a reporter asked LaFleur whether he was worried about Rodgers being suspended for admitting to using ayahuasca on a podcast. And so the toxins in the relationship between Rodgers and the Packers began to pass. To Matt this may have been meaningful, but it doesnt even stick in my brain. Those rules and the trust they fostered helped the Packers to 26 regular-season victories in LaFleurs first two seasons. The 2023 NFL draft is a wrap, as the rich continue to get richer in Philadelphia. The league reflects their image now and they are having a great time with it. LaFleurs winning percentage of .796 is better than the winning percentages of Curly Lambeau and Vince Lombardi. Head coach Matt LaFleur of the Green Bay Packers and Aaron Rodgers #12 meet in the fourth quarter against the Washington Football Team in the game at Lambeau Field on October 24, 2021 in Green Bay . And we're excited for him.". In LaFleurs first offseason, he saw something in Rodgers that made him take notice his big heart, in the words of LaFleur. The offensive coordinator of that Texans team certainly knew a hell of a lot about football. His response reflected rule No. This week's guest DL Jarran Reed. 12 pick in 2019. Matt LaFleur will coach one more game this season. (McVay noted that the teams two-back sets are impressive. I want them to feel part of a team. Ultimately, we were there to support David and Frankie, and I didnt want to take away from that experience.. Most importantly, it takes these guys. Now, the two former quarterbacks are reuniting in. He wanted to give Rodgers time and space. Arguably one of the best receivers of all time, especially when it comes to route running, Packers receiver Allen Lazard said of Adams. Aaron set me straight, LaFleur said. We got to see that early on from Matty..
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